National Polytechnic Institute – Mexico City – Wins 21 Medals at RoboGames
The National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, took home a total of 21 medals at RoboGames 2012 last month giving Mexico the second highest number of medals, just behind the U.S.
Their outstanding performance included capturing gold and bronze medals in the 1 lb Autonomous Combat classification; dominating the Autonomous Sumo classifications with gold, silver, and bronze medals in several different categories; sweeping all medals in the Autonomous Line Follower classification; and more.
Via: National Polytechic Institute - Mexico (PDF in Spanish)
Robot Pro-Wrestling ‘Dekinnoka!’ featured on Biped Robot News
IKETOMU, a top level humanoid and multi-legged robot designer in his own right, and one of the few ROBO-ONE competitors to fight autonomously, published a detailed report of the Robot Pro Wrestling organization being featured on the UK Gadget Show TV program and also their expedition to RoboGames 2012 in the U.S.
Robot Duo Looking For Trouble
Insanity Wolf and Zot gave a glimpse of the future of robot battle at RoboGames 2012.
Zot is one of the powerful, agile humanoid robots developed by Farrell Robotics that took home medals at the world's largest open robot competition held in San Mateo, California last month.
Insanity Wolf, a dual airsoft gun equipped quadroped robot operated remotely using a head mounted wireless camera, was designed by Andrew Alter, the primary driving force behind Mech Warfare.
Edit [5/9/2012]: Corrected Zot's name.
Aldebaran NAO Robot Challenges RoboGames Kung-Fu (Video)
I mentioned in a post a few days ago that Jay Jay Napalan, a member of the Aldebaran NAO Robot Developers Program had the chance (and the guts) to compete at RoboGames 2012 in several different categories.
Some of the categories he picked were natural choices for the NAO humanoid robot, especially those that required autonomous or AI capabilities. But one of the categories really surprised me.
Napalan entered J2 in the middle-weight humanoid kung fu category where it would potentially go head to head with bruisers like King Kizer, Wimbleton, and KiaNaut. NAO has a well deserved reputation for being more of a 'lover' than a 'fighter', and it would be a shame to see the robots ascetically beautiful white plastic body and face scratched and bruised by the punishment that a middle-weight champion can dish out.
I've been waiting for someone to post a video of J2's RoboGames 2012 matches since somehow I missed the opportunity to record it. But, since a match video hasn't appeared yet, the best I can offer is the J2 practice session video below.
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Mech Warfare at RoboGames 2012
Mech Warfare has turned into a major robot sport with more than enough participants, energy, and excitement to earn a spot in competitive robotics history.
Via: Mech Warfare and RoboGames 2012
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